Accident · 1990-03-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-03-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 208B (N851FE)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Corporate Air Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- CORPORATE AIR — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF THE GLIDE PATH ANGLE WHILE EXECUTING A FORCED LANDING AT THE LANAI AIRPORT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY SECURE THE OIL FILTER CAP PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.
Source: NTSB case LAX90LA110Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.